Old Westbury, N.Y. (March 17, 2009)- New York Institute of Technology's (NYIT) School of Health Professions, Behavioral, and Life Sciences will present a lecture titled "What DNA Says About Our Human Family" on Thursday, March 26, 12:45 p.m., at the W. Kenneth Riland Academic Health Care Center auditorium, Old Westbury campus. David Micklos, Ph.D., executive director of academic programs at the Cold Spring Harbor (N.Y.) Laboratory's DNA Learning Center, and leading DNA expert, will be the featured speaker. For more information, e-mail Mary Louise Kranyak, Ph.D., at mkranyak@nyit.edu, or call 516.686.3885.

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